DEUX EX MACHINE AS A RESOLUTION STRATEGY IN AMOS TUTUOLA’S THE PALMWINE DRUNKARD

ABSTRACT

This study examined Deux Ex Machine As A Resolution Strategy In Amos Tutuola’s The Palmwine Drunkard, this study adopted the Deus Ex Machina as a Resolution Strategy” as representation of mythical characters which portray attitudes, behaviour during terrible experience find solution to their problems. However, Nigeria author Amos Tutuola examines the depressing effects the colonial forces that invade our native populations and impose “civilization” through violence in the Palm-wine Drunkard. The Palm-Wine Drunkard by Nigerian novelist Amos Tutuola, on the other hand, explores the gloomy repercussions of the colonial forces that infiltrate our local populations and impose “civilization” through murder. The story, which is based on traditional Yoruba folktales, ironically uses psychedelic nightmare visuals to emphasize these sad repercussions. Because the narrator’s tapster’s passing at the beginning of the book occurs at the precise moment when he can no longer rely on the traditionals of his home culture and must travel into an uncharted world in search of an identify drawn from both 8 aspects of primitive and civilized life, these consequences are immediately clear.